I started with MiniMed as a temp when NoHo Magazine was coming to its end. I started doing data entry, which turned into database systems administration. I set up and administered databases for the facilities, human resources and marketing departments.

MiniMed was rapidly growing company which created opportunities that I was able to exploit. While I was working with the human resources department, I started working on the employee newsletter. This demostrated skills that I had acquired as a publisher, which I was able to parlay into a new position as manager of corporate communications.

As manager of corporate communications, I took on several projects. I managed creation, production and distribution of the marketing news letter; I supervised creation of the annual report to shareholders; I developed a very successful print advertisement, and I coordinated a public relations program.

The most pertinent question one could ask about my job with MiniMed is: why did I leave? I was paid very well and given the opportunity to learn and do many things.

The simple answer is that I was not happy. I was not excited about the work that I was doing. One of the things I liked most about publishing NoHo Magazine was that I was able to dive into controversy and swim about, stirring up the water. To be successful was to be provocative. At MiniMed, the last thing anyone wanted was controversy. In fact, protecting the company from controversy was part of my job as manager of corporate communications. In the end, the money couldn't overcome my growing sense of dissatisfaction.

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